Inside the quiet room, all was silent, with only the aura of the Dao like smoke, and lamplight illuminating the figures of the two.
Han Xuanji slowly opened his eyes, which were now filled with an indescribable complexity.
The scenes and sensations from the System's simulation of Su Ming were still vivid in his mind.
"It was... that tragic, huh."
Han Xuanji sighed softly in his heart.
Spending so many simulation attempts had not disappointed Han Xuanji.
Previously, when deducing the fates of several other people, it had never evolved to such a final outcome.
Much of the future's mist had dissipated, but what was revealed was not a good future.
The aftermath of the battle between Limitless Primordial Experts alone caused countless lives to perish, and the Nether Lord even caused Reincarnation to collapse, with the Immortal Realm almost ceasing to exist.
In the end, it was Su Ming, the Person of Tribulation, who sacrificed himself to gain a sliver of hope.
"Su Ming... is this your destiny?"
Han Xuanji watched Su Ming cultivating diligently before him, never expecting that this Junior Brother of his, in the simulated timeline, would walk a path he had not conceived, yet one that was enough to shake his heart.
"To merge with the Dao and complete Reincarnation... such courage and resolve truly make him worthy of being my Junior Brother."
Han Xuanji murmured to himself.
Is this the true value of a Person of Tribulation?
Han Xuanji pondered secretly; according to the simulation, the battle between the Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Ancestor seemed to have ended in a bitter victory for the Heavenly Emperor.
However, even if such beings determined a victor, it did not signify an end.
Perhaps the struggle between immortals and demons would restart in some future.
The existence of the Person of Tribulation might be due to the Heavenly Dao's machinations, or perhaps a pawn put forth by certain great powers of the Immortal Realm to preserve it.
Su Ming might not have been the one fated by the Heavenly Dao to restart Reincarnation from the beginning, but there would always be someone to restart Reincarnation.
Even if it wasn't Su Ming, there would be Han Ming... "No matter what... Junior Brother Su, I accept this reward."
He wasn't overly sentimental, after all, this was just a future deduced by the System, not to be taken as truth.
The future was full of variables; without him, who knew what outcome Su Ming would face, whether good or bad.
Han Xuanji composed himself, his gaze falling upon Su Ming with a subtle, hard-to-detect profound meaning.
Su Ming, who was cultivating to a critical point, suddenly felt a heaviness around him, and his heart stirred; he looked up in astonishment, meeting his Senior Brother's gaze, which was hard to discern whether it was happy or angry.
Su Ming's heart tightened instantly, and he quickly reined in his aura, bowing respectfully:
"Senior Brother?"
He was bewildered, only feeling that his Senior Brother's aura today was even more unfathomable than usual.
Han Xuanji withdrew his gaze, returning to his usual composure, and spoke in a calm voice:
"It's nothing. The Great Dao is arduous; Cultivate diligently without ceasing. You may withdraw for now and properly comprehend your own Dao, solidifying your Foundation."
"Yes! I obey Senior Brother's teachings!"
Although Su Ming was puzzled, he dared not ask more; he respectfully bowed again and, with some bewilderment, slowly withdrew.
Not until he had exited Han Xuanji's secluded cultivation area did Su Ming let out a long sigh of relief, wondering what was wrong with Senior Brother Han today; he always felt that the way he looked at him was a bit strange.
However, he soon cast this strangeness aside. Having been taught the Nine Revolutions Profound Art by Han Xuanji, his strength had greatly Advanced; although he had not yet broken through to Taiyi Golden Immortal, he felt it would be very soon.
At that time, he would definitely find Jiang Hao for a sparring match to humble his arrogance.
With that thought, Su Ming quickly returned to his secluded cultivation place to enter closed-door cultivation; he would not emerge until he broke through to Taiyi Golden Immortal... Inside the quiet room, silence returned.
Han Xuanji slowly closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the System to tally the gains from this simulation.
This had cost him a full fifty rewards!
[Karma of Reincarnation: Bears the supreme Karma of "transforming into Reincarnation and restarting the Heavenly Dao," containing the notion of ultimate impartiality of Heaven and Earth, and the sincere gratitude of all living beings. With this Karma, you are a Child of the Heavenly Dao, graced by great Luck, impervious to all evil; to be your enemy is to be an enemy of the Heavenly Dao.]
"Supreme Karma, this was obtained by Su Ming at the cost of his life... With this Karma accompanying him, he truly is a Child of the Heavenly Dao."
Han Xuanji sighed in his heart.
[Primordial Power of the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation: The Primordial power originating from the core of the newly formed Immortal Realm's Reincarnation, containing the supreme Primordial Profound Truth of the balance of life and death, and the rotation of Yin and Yang.]
This item was similar to the Primordial Power of the Stygian Sea that Han Xuanji had previously signed for, but compared to the Primordial Power of the Stygian Sea, the Primordial Power of the Immortal Realm's Reincarnation was clearly a more Advanced existence. With this item, one could even easily create a Primordial Chaos being.
If the Nether Lord in the simulated future had this item, he would not have risked trying to control Reincarnation.
It must be said, the System's rewards were quite good.
Han Xuanji was quite satisfied and looked at the other rewards.
[demon god origin of Reincarnation: The pure Origin from a Chaos Demon God, containing the power of the Dao of Reincarnation.]
This demon god origin of Reincarnation was also extraordinary; this item was also the Foundation for Su Ming to achieve Primordial Chaos, and even contained the power of the Nether Lord's Origin.
One must know that the Nether Lord was an ancient Chaos Demon God, wielding death, and had already progressed very far in the Primordial Chaos realm.
The essence of this Primordial power was extremely high, not on the same level as the demon god origin obtained previously.
Finally, one reward was a descriptor entry.
[God-Demon Lineage: You originate from Chaos, possessing an extremely high level of life, a member of the Chaos God-Demons, naturally controlling the Primordial power of a Great Dao, a miracle conceived by Chaos.]
In reality, reaching the Primordial Chaos level already transcended the constraints of race.
In the Immortal Realm, he might have a Human Race identity.
But in Chaos, there was no distinction of race; all were collectively called Chaos beings, and Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Experts were even called Chaos Gods.
Han Xuanji pondered for a moment, then directly claimed the descriptor entry first.
[Claim successful.]
The moment the reward was claimed, Han Xuanji immediately felt a peculiar power infuse his Physical Body and even the depths of his Soul.
Endless Chaos Qi surged from the void, forming a cocoon that enveloped him.
Bones, Meridians, acupoints, and even every drop of blood underwent an essential reshaping under the cleansing of the Chaos Qi, and a more ancient and noble Chaos Dao pattern, as if originating from the Great Dao itself, slowly condensed upon his body.
"Is this a Chaos Demon God?"
After an unknown period, the chaotic anomaly within the quiet room slowly subsided.
Han Xuanji remained seated in place, but his entire demeanor had undergone a radical transformation.
He still had the same appearance, but when his eyes opened and closed, they seemed to manifest the Great Dao itself. His aura was perfectly harmonious and restrained, yet also vast and boundless, as if he himself was a Chaos in evolution, encompassing all things while transcending them.
Becoming a Chaos Demon God brought considerable benefits.
Han Xuanji could feel that he could mysteriously draw upon the power of the Great Dao.
"How is this different from having a cheat?"
One could say that a Chaos Demon God, as long as he was unrestrained and conformed to his persona, could easily achieve Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
Su Ming was originally a Chaos Demon God of the same Origin as the Death Demon God; therefore, as long as living beings perished, he could mysteriously gain power, so his cultivation progress was far beyond what ordinary Cultivators could compare to.